Thursday, December 31, 2009

I Like Omar Alghabra's Idea

I was at a function the other night where former MP and current candidate for Mississauga Erindale, Omar Alghabra, expressed his idea for bringing this farce to light to the Canadian people. It's simple and I think it could be very effective.

Omar suggests that Liberal MPs show up at the House of Commons daily at the exact time Question Period would normally take place and ask the 5 daily questions we would normally ask on that particular day. Simple and effective.

5 comments:

Normally I'm cynical towards all kinds of publicity stunts, but this one seems plausible.

The only response I can think of, especially during the Olympics, will be the Tories throwing out accusations that we're being unpatriotic during a time of national celebration by disrespecting our athletes with politics. I'm sure Canadians will see this as a hollow argument, except those who go on CTV.ca to post comments (those people are fucking nuts).

The dates for the Winter Olympics in Calgary were Feb. 13-28, 1988. According to PARLINFO, Parliament did not sit for the first week of the Games, but did sit for the second week and also the month preceding the Games.